COUNTERFEIT GOODS WORTH SIX BILLION EUROS SEIZED

BRUSSELS, OCTOBER 22 /SRNA/ - More than 196 million counterfeit items worth 6.3 billion euros were seized in the European Union in 2025, the EU Intellectual Property Office said today.

The office said that this was a record value, DPA news agency reported.

The number of items seized in the EU's single market and at its external borders rose by around 67 percent compared with the previous year, according to the annual report.

In 2024, when the previous record was set, the value of seized illegal goods amounted to just under 3.9 billion euros.

The product categories most frequently seized included CDs and DVDs, software, toys, as well as labels, tags and stickers.

Cigarettes and clothing also ranked high on the list. The countries most commonly identified as the origin of seized goods were China, accounting for more than 40 percent, and Turkey, with 18 percent.